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Tuesday, January 6, 1998Last modified at 1:55 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6, 1998

Man stabs son, asks for helpMan stabs son, asks for help

By MATTHEW HENRY

Avalanche-Journal

The Rev. H.L. Phillips said an old friend walked over to his house Monday afternoon wanting a favor.

"He said, `I just killed my son. Can you carry me somewhere?' " Phillips recalls the man saying just after someone stabbed Frederic Derome Robinson, 29, in the left chest about 1:30 p.m. at 1509 E. Amherst St.

Robertson was in satisfactory condition condition Monday afternoon at University Medical Center. The weapon, a medium-sized kitchen butcher knife, was found in an empty lot after the incident. Police recovered it and took a 48-year-old man into custody from the scene.

Phillips said he refused his friend's request for a ride.

"I told him, `No. Go over there and face the music,' " Phillips said.

Then they walked across Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard together to join the police, he said. Phillips said he's surprised by the incident.

"He had never bothered me," Phillips said. "I've never known him to bother anybody."

Neighbors were shocked by the incident. Their block, which ends on a cul-de-sac bordering MLK Boulevard, rarely has any trouble, they said. Robinson, his children and his father moved in during the summer and have fit in well on the quiet street, Omega Morgan said. Nash spent most of his time watching his grandchildren from the front porch.

"Everybody on this street is friendly, but I don't too much know them," Morgan said.